Hinge



J. E. DELBRIDGE oct. 12 i926.

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Fied Dec. 12, 1922 Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

UNIT-ED STATES;

JOHN EDWARD DELBBIDGE. UF' NORTHCOTE,

N EAR MELBOURNE, VICTORIA,

AUSTRALIA.

HINGE.

Application led ADecember 1 2, 19,22,` Serial No. 606,386,l and in Australia July 4, 192.2.`

This invention relates to improvements in hinges for doors, Windows and the like, and it is particularly a plicable-to-hingestorthe doors of a-utomo iles` and other vehicles.

5 wherein a, desideratum` is the provision of a hinge having its elements` so constructed and. can be conveniently secured to a door anda doorfframe, in` such co-acting that they manner that. the point of hinge connection is 10 concealed froinvlew..

object off the invention is to provide a hinge having its two detachably connected whereby a. Idoor or other swinging object can be conveniently removed bodily, without altering or adjust'- ing the hinge elem-ents aiiixe'd, to the door and to the door frame, and without necessitating removalerative positiom A further object oftheinvention 1s to provide a hinge. ofV specially simple construction comprising a stationary'elementadapted for attachment to ak statlonary frame, and` a movable element for aixture to the door or like swinging object, the't-wo elements being so constructed that they can be readily con nected for hinging movement, and conveniently detached without requiring the use of. screws or` additional fittingsy other than the two hinge elements.

A hinge according to the invention can.

vehicle, the door; being nits closed, position.

and the hinge connection concealed fromlexf ternal view.

Figure-.2 is a. 1anL View similar.` to Figure 1, but showing tliie door in open position.

Figure a plan illustrating.; the door members hingedly and of screws or like fasteningsy employed to fasten the hinge leaves in op.

Windows, `articles of,

stationary element until theV in position for removal by disengagement ot the hinge'el'ements.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of tionary element of the hinge.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of Figure 4.,

Figure 6 is a plan of'Figure 4. Figure 7 is a sectional plan on line a--a Figurefl.

the stas Figure 8j is av vertical section on line -b Y Figure 9 illustrates iii sidev elevation the;

movable hinge element.

F igure 10 is an end elevation ot'Figure 9.`

Figure- 11 is a vertical section on line c-c of' Figure 1 showing'the positionof the movable hinge element wheny the door is closed.

Figure 12 is a vertical` section on line d-d of Figure 3 showing the position of the movable hinge element when the door has been raised so as to free the same from the stationary hinge. element.

Figure 13 is a fragmentary'sectional view on line e-e of Figure 11.

Figure 14 is an 4underside plan of the lower portion of the hinge pin on the movable element.

Referring now toFigures 1 to 14 of the drawings, which are illustrative of a hinge of the concealed type (such as is employedV for the doors of automobiles and other vehicles), the numeral 4 designates the stationary element or leaf-of` the hinge, which isin the form of a metal bracket having a flat base plate 5 having holes 6 to accommodate screws, firmly securing said hinge element to the door frame A about a recessiA1 formed therein.

ConstructedA integrally with the base plateA 5 are two slottedlugs 'Z which project at right angles from itsrear surface and eX- tendinto the framing recess All are` disposed one above the other at an approved distance apart toY accommodate the movable hinge element` 8` as illustrated in the 'drawings For this` purpose an. opening 9 1s ffil'rxleol;A in said; base plate between.. the

slcacdzlugsi landen-that the hinge.` pin ptrtion. of Sai.`df. movable` element can be` caused tory first. slidabli7 y thenbe rotatablysupported thereby.

Tlioslotl 10 in.eachplug?"isapprokimately ofkeyhole conguration, but having its narrow guide portipn extending through the These lugs engage Withsaid lugs andlug and through the base plate 5, thereby providing an open entrance end 11. The entrance ends of the slots are adapted to slidably receive the upper and lower end portions of a hinge pin 13 formed on or secured to the movable hinge element 8. The inner enlarged portions 14 of said slots are of circular configuration and function as bearings for said hinge pin when the door, to which the element S is affixed, is in its swinging position, while a rectangular shaped slot 15 is provi-ded in said base plate 5 above the upper lug 7 to permit free passage of 'the upper portion of said hinge pin when there is being effected a disengagement of the. hinge elements, such as, for example, when a door is being bodily removed.

The movable hinge element 8 is constructed with a curved arm 16 having at one end a flat plate 17 formed with holes .18 to receive attachment screws, whereby it is fixedly secured to a door E. A boss 19 is provided at the opposite end of said curved arm, and it is of such dimensions as to be rotatably supported between the slotted lugs 7 of the stationary hinge element a, while the hinge pin 13 projects from the opposite ends of said boss and is adapted to be revolvably supported in said slotted lugs.

The hinge pin is preferably constructed integrally withthe boss 19, and it is adapted so that it can be placed in slidable engagement with the narrowed portions of the keyhole slots 10 in the lugs 7 of the stationary hinge element, or be revolvably supported in the inner circular shaped portions 14 of said slots. For this purpose, each end portion of the hinge pin has a circular-section pintle member, and these are designed so as to be revolvable within the enlarged portions of said slots when the door is being opened or closed, while beneath said pintles are rectangularshaped members 2O and 21 which are so positioned relatively to the key-hole slots 10 of the co-acting hinge elements that the door B, for removal purposes, must be brought into the position seen in Figure 3, wherein said hinge pin portions 2O and 21 lie directly beneath and in alignment with the narrowed portions of said slots, thus enabling the door with its attached hinge element 8 to be raised vertically whereby said portion 2O and 21 are brought into slidable engagement with the narrowed elongated members of the slots and the pintles are raised clear of the circular shaped members 14 of said slots, as illustrated in Figure 12.

When the door and its attached hinge element have been raisedV as described, a slid# ing movement in an outward direction is imparted to the door, as indicated by the dotted lines, to disengage the hinge pin 13 from the slotted lugs7, the openings 9 and l5 in the base plate 5 facilitating this action whereby the door is conveniently removed without manipulating any screws or like fastening integers.

To hingedly replace the door, the rectangular-shaped members 2O and 21 of the hinge pin 13 are initially inserted in the entrance ends 11 of the key-hole slots 10 formed in the lugs 7 of the stationary hinge element Li. A forward movement is then imparted to the door, causing said rectangular hinge pin members to be guided slidably inwards, when the weight of the door will result in the pintles of said hinge pin automatically and revolvably engaging the enlarged end portions 14 of said slots, the boss 19 being seated between the lugs 7 and upon the lower thereof.

ln order to prevent accidental movement of the movable hinge member 8 in a vertical plane, such as might be caused by slainming of the door, or vibration, or other causes, the upper rectangular member 2O of the hinge pin 13 extends a required distance beyond the upper pintle, and this exten- .sion (indicated by 22) bears against the underside of the upper slotted lug 7 when the door is in its operative position, thereby functioning as an effective locking stop-sec Figure 11.

The curved formation of the arm 16 and the general arrangement of the other integers of the movable hinge element 8 in relation to the stationary hinge leaf or element el permit the hinge connection of the door of an automobile or other vehicle with its body or door frame to be concealed from external view, as will be clearly understood by making reference to Figure 1. The wall 92L around the opening 9 formed in the base plate 5 of the stationary hinge element functions as a stop by engaging with the curved arm 16 of the movable hinge element, thereby preventing the door B from being swung open beyond a reasonable limit.

llVhat I do claim is :E

A hinge comprising a stationary element consisting of a base plate, a lug on said base plate, an open mouthed slot of key-hole configuration formed in said base plate above said lug, and a swinging hinge element con* sisting of an attachment plate, a curved arm carried by the attachment plate, a boss on said arm, a pintle on said boss to revolvably engage the enlarged portion of said slot, a flattened member of reduced diameter beneath said pintle adapted to register with and slidably engage the narrowed portion of said slot, and a locking stop to prevent accidental detachment of said movable ele* ment.

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